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@jatucker.bsky.social

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Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him .. more

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AAUP @aaup.org · Aug 26

AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon

The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 26

#OpenAccess from @jepsjournal.bsky.social -

How Language Shapes Belief in Misinformation: A Study Among Multilinguals in #Ukraine - cup.org/4myrgDM

- @aaronerlich.bsky.social, @kevinaslett.bsky.social, Sarah Graham & @jatucker.bsky.social

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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · Aug 13

Fascinating work from @jatucker.bsky.social and @csmapnyu.org looking at the effect of labeling images as AI on people’s beliefs about the provenance + veracity of that image. They also explore the implications of AI images not being labeled after seeing labeled images #PaCSS2025 #polnet2025

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Aug 11

📣Out on #FirstView 📣

In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.

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Research article "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences" by Maarja Lühiste, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, Yannis Theocharis, Pablo Barberá, Zoltán Fazekas and Joshua A. Tucker,
Abstract begins: Past research alerts to the increasingly unpleasant climate surrounding public debate on social media. Female politicians, in particular, are reporting serious attacks targeted at them. Yet, research offers inconclusive insights regarding the gender gap in online incivility. This paper aims to address this gap by comparing politicians with varying levels of prominence and public status in different institutional contexts. Using a machine learning approach for analyzing over 23 million tweets addressed to politicians in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find little consistent evidence of a gender gap in the proportion of incivility.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 31

I remember this one too!

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Political Participation
🗳️ Elections, protests, and engagement across regimes
✍️ By S. Erdem Aytaç (Koç Univ.) & Susan Stokes (UChicago)

Clear frameworks + global examples = a must for intro courses.

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Political Economy
💰 How economics and politics shape one another
✍️ By Darin Christensen (UCLA) & Francisco Garfias (UCSD)

A tight, teachable chapter on development, inequality, and institutions.

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Check out some of our amazing chapters!

Ethnicity & Ethnic Politics
🌍 Identity, conflict, power
✍️ By Bethany Lacina (U. of Rochester)

Accessible enough for first-years, rich enough for upper-level debates. A sharp, relevant guide to group politics.

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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You can teach a whole intro course—or just mix in chapters that work for you.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 30

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We were too.

So we built A Political Science Experiment—a low-cost, high-quality, modular text for intro and comparative courses - edited by me and @rudalev.bsky.social

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NYU Center for Data Science @nyudatascience.bsky.social · Jul 29

‪@tiagoventura.bsky.social‬ + CDS-affiliated Jonathan Nagler & @jatucker.bsky.social tested a WhatsApp deactivation during Brazil’s 2022 election—blocking auto-downloads of images & videos reduced misinformation recall by ~0.4σ, but didn't change beliefs or polarization.

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Does Reducing Exposure to Image and Video Content on Messaging Apps Reduce the Impact of Misinformation? Yes and No

Experiments with WhatsApp users during Brazil’s 2022 presidential election shows mixed impact of political disinformation

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Jul 27

It was an honor and privilege to be part of this project. If you are teaching introductory courses in political science or any undergraduate courses, this is the textbook for you!

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
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Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!

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Hannah Waight @hwaight.bsky.social · Mar 11

How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping | PNAS

Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...

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Center for Media Engagement @engagingnews.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Dr. Joshua A. Tucker’s @jatucker.bsky.social talk! 🎙️

We explored how online searches can increase belief in misinformation when results come from low-quality sources — a reminder that “doing your own research” isn’t so simple.

See you at the next event! 🤝🏼

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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · Jun 4

Again, many universities tend to have (free) access to experts in marketing. Imagine a tool that allowed Americans to see exactly what kinds of government-funded research they have benefitted from themselves. Plug in your list of medications or surgeries. Or the car you drive. Or your appliances.

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jun 4

Cutting NIH or NSF funding sounds abstract. Seeing what research is actually being cut makes it real. Kudos to @nytimes.com for this piece:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Congratulations to Dr. David McGrath!!

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks so much! Let us know if we can be of any help!

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Shamus Khan @shamuskhan.bsky.social · Jul 23

My textbook with Gwen Sharp and Patrick Sharkey is on its third edition. This fall our team is launching a Political Science book, edited by Josh Tucker and @rudalev.bsky.social

Thrilled to have this out in the world! Check it out (sociologists might find some of the chapters useful for teaching)

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Amazing! Thrilled to hear it. Let us know if you have questions!

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks @alessandronai.bsky.social! Let us know if you have any questions! We're really excited about it as well!

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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This isn’t just a cheaper textbook.
It’s a new model for teaching political science.

Affordable, expert-written, modular, and global.
Already being used in classrooms around the world.

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

#PoliticalScience #HigherEd #BlueSkyAcademic #TextbookReform

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

6/ 📺 Media & Political Info
By Christian Vaccari (Loughborough) @profvaccari.bsky.social

Two standout chapters on how media shapes political attitudes & behavior. A must-read for the digital age.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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⚖️ Courts & Constitutions
By Andrea Scoseria Katz (WashU)
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Deep theory, real-world examples, and a clear explanation of constitutional courts in comparative perspective. Great for general intro and constitutionalism modules.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

4/ Now let’s highlight some of the incredible work inside this book 👇

📖 Regimes & Transitions
By Monika Nalepa (UChicago)
@monikanalepa.bsky.social

A clean, accessible chapter on how authoritarian and democratic regimes function—and how countries move between them.

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

3/ You can teach a whole intro course—or just mix in chapters.

Instructors register free.
Students buy chapters for $1 each or get the full book for $14.

Does your institution do bulk textbook orders? You can do that as well at @vitalsource for $25/book: www.vitalsource.com/products/a-p...

A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st edition | 9798987326718, 9798987326718 | VitalSource

A Political Science Experiment: First Edition 1st Edition is written by Andrew Rudalevige, Joshua Tucker and published by CritReview. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for A Political Science Experiment...

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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We’re a group of political scientists who were tired of overpriced textbooks.

So we built our own:
🧩 Assign chapters à la carte
🖥️ All digital = no shipping costs
🎓 Continuously updated
🧠 Comes with slides, questions, data exercises, & more

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics @csmapnyu.org · Jul 17

Congrats to the authors @tiagoventura.bsky.social, @rmajumdar.bsky.social, Jonathan Nagler, and @jatucker.bsky.social.

The paper, which is accepted for publication at @The_JOP, can be found here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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